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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

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be.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

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education that goes through life withou
dndin' out how ter invest it--1he Js'dgs
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

A PARIoR suit--courting in the front
room -Bostos Post.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

WHEN time hangs up its scythe there'l
be no mower.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-04-30

martin and minks quite plentiful.
Mrs. Catherine Keim applied to the
police authorities at Washington for
transportation to New York. She is a
white woman, and. although female,
quite celebrated tramp. Two years
ago she left the capital, and since that
time she has visited thirteen States
Maryland. Virginia, New York, Massa-
chusetts, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Ar
kansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana and Georgia. She usually
travels from one city to another on
transportation tickets furnished by the
authorities or charitable organizations
who would rather pay her fare out o.
town than support her, as she states thai
she will leave the place II sent away by
rail.-N T. Nail.
-Ex-Mayor David Kinch, Of Altoona
owns . watch one hundred years cid
1t is opened-faced, with cases and caps
and hears upon it the name of it
maker: "A. Hollison. Liverpool, No
6.264." 1t was bought in Lancaster il
1857 by John Kinch, grandfather of it
present owner. who paid thirty-fiv
dollars. II remained in his possession
until his death in 1926, when it becam
the property Of his son David. Unit
the death Of Mr.. Kinch in 1858 it wa
carried by him. and it was bequeathe'
TO his son David. by whom it 10 nov
sa n~~~.s<n Il. <,v,n hundred vaas-a
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08

A new extract Of coal is being intro
duced in Germany for industrial purposes,
especially for tanning leather and disin-
lection generally, TO which the name
''pyrOfuxin" is given by the discnverer,
Professor Paulus Reinsch, Of Erlangen,
Bavaria. Unlike the generality Of such
compounds, this new material is not a
deriyatiye Of coal tar, or Of any Of the
distillates Of coal, but is obtained directly
from coal itself. Pit or bituminous coal
contains most of IL, and Is prepared by
being broken into nuts. The crude pyro-
fuNin is extracted by repeated b0ilings in
a solution uf Caustic soda. The pyrofuxin
enters into solution and is allowed to
stand for n time. II Is then poured Of
and a carhonic acid gas is passed through
Il. The resultant liquor has a specific
gravity Of LOS To 1880, and holds from
ten 10 fifteen grammes Of %pyrofuxin to the
liter.
In its purified form the compound is a
fine, non-triturable substance, without
taste or smell, n~on-poisonous and in APP
pearance like catechu. Some Russian
coal contains II per cent. Of pyrofuxin.
After the extraction Of this material the
coal remains combustible. IL is described
as being Que Of the most powerful and effec-
tive antiseptics known TO science. On this
account II IL expected TO be most valuable
for tanning, rs being tw~enty-eight times
quicker in action than bark and prOduc-
ing a better result ut decreased cost. IL
will be sOCn enough 10 give credence 20
this alleged leather tanning agent when
specimens Of good leather are produced
Scientific American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
The Palest Man In Indiana.

at is not often that TO be a cripple is a
fortunate thing" said Deputy Customs
Inspector 0rson b. Curtis, but IL | had
not lost my left hand during the war l
should have lost IL two weeks ago.
.'The way Of il was this, " he went on.
''For eight years | have been on duty at
the ferry dock, much Of the time at night.
Il is my custom TO remain in the Office up
stairs until a boat touches the dock, and
then 90 down TO meet the passengers
as they land. The custom house is
built ON piles, in fact, on a part Of the
dock, and when a boat touches 1t jars the
building so that, even il | were taking a
cat nap, il would awaken me. During
all these eight years / have had no vaca-
iton until this month, when | went down
into Indiana on a visit. was riding at
night in a day car, my shoes were of, and
I was asleep, when the train started out
Of a little station neal Peru. ! do not
know whether | was even partially awak-
ened, but the jar impressed me with the
idea that the boat had touched the dock,
and, leaving my seat, | walked TO the end
of the car, opened the door, went out upon
the platform, turned TO the left, descended
the steps and stepped of, in my stockinged
feet, intdthe snow. Asl did SO the car
struck me and knocked me down, and my
arm was so close u the rail that a wheel
touched my empty sleeve. / rolled over,
away from the track, and got on to my
feet so quickly that ! caught the rear
platform of the next car. l suppose l vas
the palest man in Indiana when l got
aboard
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
Roll Call In the House,

A Washington correspondent describes
a roll call in the houss of representatives:
"'Roll CALI shout the pages, running
about the corridors Of the house wing.
Roll call! Yeas and nays! Yeas and
naysr 1t reminds one Of the boys about
the theatres OF opera singing. Opera
books! Books of the operal Libretto!
libretto!' The effect, however, is quite
different. II you are in the restaurant
when an important bill is pending you will
witness a stampede when the little fellows
run from table to table with their Roll
callr Division Of the house!' or Call
Of the house! The latter is a variety,
but the former signals to members Occuf
every day. Down into the subrbase-
ment, down into the subterranean COM
mittee rooms, into the restaurant, into
the bar, along the main corridors, among
the reception rooms, and even across to
the Congressional, ' the small boys with
the silver badge skip with the cry: Roll
call!' Roll CALI And the members who
are interested in that particular measure
drop knife and fork, drop gossip with the
ladies, drop stories with the gentlemen,
drop cocktails aud counting and rush to-
ward the hall Of the house. This Is a
aged differently from a few years ago,
when every member had TO he on hand
aud look out for himself. Now the floor
may show less than u quorum when the
clerk begins To read, and then before the
second call begins for absentees the mem
bers have been gathered in from the rooms
and corridors, and a pretty full house is
recorded. r-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
B.Sgar. supported by Gamblers.

Perhaps the gamblers are the best sup
port Of beggars. IL you knew where a
poker game or a faro bank is located-of
course you don't; you never saw anything
of that kind, and Ik.ow il will be quite
q surprise to you TO learn that they exist,
II, indeed, you know what they are
you'll always find bcggars and loafers
around. Gamblers are superstitious, and
they will not upon any consideration pass
O beggar by without giving him a small
contribution. Ii would be bad luck. Per
haps there's a trifle Of conscience about il,
and they have, after all, a sense Of some
power above them to be appeased by their
helping the needy. A gambler will borrow
to give 10 a beggar. l have known actors
fmbued with the same sentiment. | only
knew one dramatist who owned the super
stition. He had a play coming out. and
the night il was to be produced, just before
the curtain went up, a beggar tackled him.
He gave him a dime.
There said he, that's good luck.
MY play will lie a go.n
IL was a terrific failure.
II wish I'd given him half a dollar he
said. The superstition was all right. The
amount hadn't been enough TO appease
the goddess Fortune.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
First Lessons in Painting.

A celebrated miniature painter who was
usually hard up sometimes consented
20 take a pupil 10 help initiate the cash
account, though much against his in
clinaiion. A wealthy gentleman called at
the studio one day and begged the artist
70 take his son, a young man Of III, as
a pupil, promising TO pay handsomely for
the instruction. The boy was admitted
for the sake OF the money il would bring,
but, much 10 the painters disgust, il was
discovered that lac knew absolutely moth
ing Of the first principles Of drawing.
The young man sat around for half an
hour the first morning, watching the
master at work, much TO the latter's
annoyance, and finally yenturcd to ask
that he lie given something 20 do.
IAN right! all rigbt!'' the artist
replied, going to a closet and returning
with a pair Of muddy boots and "A black
ing brush. "Here, black these boots,
young man; il will give you breadth. =
Boston Record.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
THE GREAT MYSTERY.

The following Sanscrit literature is from
sns Of the hymns of the Rig Veda, written
more than 5000 years before Christ;
Nor aughi nor naught existed: yon bright sky
Was not, nor heaven s broad wool outstretched
above.
What covered all' What shelteredi What con
cealed.
was 1t the waters fathomless sbyss'
Then was not death-hence, there was naught
immortal;
fhen was no confne betwixt day and night
The only One breathed breathless in itself;
Other than il there nothing since has been.
Darkness then was, but all q. first was vailed
In gloom profound-an ocean without light.
The germ that still lay covered in the husk
Burst forth, one nature, from the fervent heat.
Then first came Love upon IL the new spring
OF mind. Yea, poets in their hearts discerned,
rendering, this bond between created things
And uncreated. Comes this spark from earth,
Piercing and all pervading, or from heaven
Then seeds were sown, and mighty power arose
Nature below and Power and Will above.
Who knows the secret, Who proclaimed II here.
Whence, whence this manifold creation sprangs
The gods themselves came later into being.
Who knows from whence this great creation
sprang'
He from whom all this great creation sprang'
whether His will created or was mute,
The Most High Seer, that is in highest heaven,
He knows it-or perchance cen He knows not
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
N FIRE.
How = Great Piece Of News Was Treated
In the Old Days

In the Old Days.
The editor Of The Richmond Standard
wa present, and wrote the following ac-
oun for his paper the ext day:
Last night the play house In this city
was crowded with an unusual audience.
There could not have been less than 600
persons IN the house. Just before the
conclusion OF the play the scenery caught
fire. The editor Of this paper was In the
house when the ever to be remembered de-
plorable accident occurred. He is in
formed that the scenery took fire in the
back part Of the house by the raising IF a
chandelier: that the boy who was ordered
by some of the players to raise il stated
that il he did SO the scenery would take
fire, when he was commanded in a per-
emptory manner to hoist IL. The boy
obeyed and the fire instantly communi-
Gated TO the scenery. He gave the alarm
in the rear Of the stage and requested
some OF the attendants to cut the cords by
which the combustible materials were sus'
pended. The person whose duty it was to
perform this became panic stricken and
sought his wv safety.
''The flames spread almost with the
rapidity Of lightning. and the fire falling
from the ceiling upon the performers WAS
the first notice the audience had of their
danger. Even then many supposed it a part
of the play, and were a little time re-
strained from flight by a cry from the
stage that there was no danger. The per-
formers and their attendants in vain en-
deayored TO tear down the scenery. The
fire flashed in every part of the house with
a rapidity horrible and astonishing, and,
alas! gushing tears and unspeakable an.
guish deprived me Of utterance.
''There was but one door for the great
est part of the audience to pass. Men,
women and children were pressing upon
each other, while the flames were seizing
upon those behind. Those nearest the
windows, which were very high, were
afraid to leap down, while those behind
them were seen catching on fire and
writing in the greatest agony OF pain and
distress. Imagine what canno
be described. All Of those I'm the pit es-
capped, and had cleared themselves from
the house before those in the boxes could
get down, and the door was for some time
empty. Those from above were pushing
each other down the steps, when the him
dermost might have got out by leaping
into the pit. There would not have been
the least difficulty in descending from the
first boxes into the pit. "-Richmond Coz.
New York sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
A Hint 10 Correspondents.

Correspondents sending newspapers
should be careful to mark the paragraphs
they wish the editor TO see,' says an
English contemporary journal, and we re-
produce il ON this side Of the ocean with
an emphasis proportioned To the distance.
IL our correspondents could know how
much valuable time was uselcssly spent
in looking over papers in the often futile
endeayor TO find out why they were sent
they would save us much trouble. Make
a dash with a blue, red, or even black lead
pencil, or with ink IL it be preferred, at
the upper left hand oorner Of the article
10 which they would call our attention,
and the eye will catch IL at once, and the
object Of sending the paper he accom-
plished.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
Slang In the Restaurant.

Men who write books about slang might
find material in some restaurants. In
Kansas City there Is an abundance Of IL.
Only in one place in st. Louis-on Morgan
street-can you hear downright slang in
the giving Of the orders, and curious il is.
IL you tell the waiter you want an oyster
stew, he shouts out TO the kitchen: "Jesse
james, A beefsteak becomes slaughter
In q PAM plain, black coffee is coffee in
the dark potatoes unpeeled are Murphy
with his coat on;'' two eggs fried on one
side are transformed into ''sunny side ups"
buckwheat cakes are spoken OF in gambler
fashion as stack Of reds with copper on
top" aud batter cakes as stack OF
whites. Waiter In Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
Landing Provision. in . storm.

While on his way home at the usual
early morning hour n reporter fell in with
Capt. John lIiends, homeward bound also.
IL was blowing rather fresh and raining,
and the reporter remarked! "Rather
rough, capn.n Not so rough ms il was
where was forty years ago today was
the reply. Where was thatg'' II was
landing provisions at Vera Cruz for the
American army. The soldiers were suf-
fering for food and we took a lot Of pro-
visions 20 the mole in a life boat and threw
them ashore and the soldiers, with life
lines around them, waded ont In the
water TO catch the flour, bacon, etc"
The United States brig Sumner, com
manded by Raphael Semmes, was wrecked
In the same storm near Vera Cruz
Portland Oregonian.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
Tn. Street p.ddier.. New Device.

The street peddler, he who makes life q
burden with his chamois skins, his cheap
stationery, his woolly dogs and his rubber
combs on every shopping thoroughfare in
the city, has u new device, out Of which
he is coming just now q small fortune.
He calls IL a muff warmer, and II consists
OF a tiny metal box, an inch or so in
diameter and three or four inches long,
which contains n fuse Of some slow burn
ing material warranted TO dispense q com
Portable glow Of warmth during a shop
ping expedition Of n couple Of hours or
more ia length. IL looks uucommonly
Hike n new patent Internal mnchine TO the
uninitiated, but takes among the bargain
hunters on "A chilly day.-Kansas City
journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
Eiectricity In Weaving.

A manufacturer Of Roubaix, VI, Henry
Buisini, has Just discovered Il very curl
Gus application Of electricity Ca looms.
He adopts an indicator which strikes
when a thrcnd in the warp breuks. aud
thus saves the warpcr from taking out
any Of his work to Ind the flaw, and he
need not pay such close attention 10 the
quickly moving threads, which Is 80 In
furious 10 the sight, The invention can
be applied TO power looms,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08
white Malieable Iron Ore,

A writer upon the products Of Arkan.
sas says; ''1he most remarkable and in
terestiDg mineral Of all this region Is the
white mullcable iron ore, regarding the
existence and mnlleability OF which a
great deal Of skepticism is said TO eklst,
II is found in the corner OF Howard
county, adjoining the frontier Of Mont.
Polk and Pike. '-Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08

The retired list Of the nnvy is swelling.
There are my rear admirGls, fifteen com.
modores, fourteen captains, twelve COM
manders, twenty lieuicnnu. commanders.
forty-one lioutonaDts, ~fOrty-six surgeons,
twenty pnymasters and seventy-two engi.
eers.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08

The savings bank depositors Of the city
q New York number GG9, 433, or about
hall The population.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08

A man IN London who does not talk
Jubilee Ia suspected Of having pockets full
q dynamite.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-08

A woman who married n perfect angel
OF n man" Is usually Q widow. This 10
tough, but II Is true.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-12
A Good Investment.

Anyone who has ever dealt in lands,
knows that no investment of money will
so surely and quickly yield return, as
such venture If carefully made. To
the absolute safety of government
bond, is added profit far in excess of
rate of interest which can be obtained
on any safe loan. In Kansas and Neb-
rasks especially lands are raising in value
very rapidly and with steady growth
which gives assurance OF stability. The
good season and the great tide of immiA
grafton into these states has made invest
ment there doubly safe and desirable.
The climate of Southern Nebraska and
of Kansas, free as it is from the long
RIGOROUS cold winter, added TO soil
unsurpassed for richness and productive
capacity, has made possible the wonderful
development of these states. To the far
mer they hold out special inducements.
Cheap land. easy term of purchase. good
markets and varied products enable him TO
own his farm at a smaller cost and with less
labor than is required TO pay rent for the
land he occupies here, or the interest on
the money he has invested in it.
If you are looking for safe place to
invest money, where it will pay you a
large and sure profit, or if you are farm
er and want farm of your own, call on
me and see what ! have TO offer. | will
make the visit profitable to you. Office
over American Express Office, Rock Is,
land. ILL., SAvILLE JOHNSTON.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-12
ADVICE To muTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain OF cutting teethf If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teething lis value is incslculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm '
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
sch and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone aud energy to the whole sys-
tenn Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is fol
sale by all druggists throughout tht
world Price 25 cents per bottle.
feb SIN VS. m l-y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-12
SUCKER STATE SOLDIERS.
Interesting Information Cleaned
from Adjutant General Vance's Re
Portray for service at East ST
lOuiA

The biennial report of Adjutant Gen
eral Vance contains considerable that
will interest the members of the Illinois
National Guards in this city. Amend
ments to the military code are recon-
mended to provide that when in the
active service for the suppression of riot
and the execution of law the pay of
enlisted men shall be 81 day; that $40
wear shall be allow ed each officer for
uniform and equipment; that an officer
dismissed from the services or an enlisted
man dishonorably discharged shall he
ineligible TO commission of enlistment
thereafter in the Illinois National Guard.
The cost 10 the State militia in the
East St. Louis railroad strike campaign
IN which the Sixth regiment and the
Rodmau Rifles did such efficient service,
was S35. 345; that of the Union stock
wards, Chicago, SIS. ~, The sum Of
So 165 additional is asked for to give
each of the men participating s. for
clothing allowance The adjntant gen.
eral asks for the passage OF an emergency
appropriation bill to pay the expense OF
the militia in the strike campaigns
S10.s15 to paw for 5000 new blanket:
! for which he has contracted; S25, 1000 foI
the contingent fund in anticipation OF
strikes in 1887 and 1855; $4,000 fol
the Improvement of Camp Lincoln, and
number of minor appropriations.
Gen. Vance declares that the experi>
ment of reducing the numerical strength
of the military forces to q limitation OF
1000, which was accomplished by dis
banding companies and consolidating
regiments, has proved to be step in the
right direction. He approves coatla>
uation and further developme nt OF the
| process. The annual muster shows that
the guard comprises 8. 96J Gen. Vance
recommends that the military code be
amended by the addition of section
| providing that there may be attached tc
each company a reserve corps provided
that the aggregate strength of the com
pany and its reserve corps shall not eX
coed the maximum now allowed bg law
The object is, without additional office,
armories, or cost. except that of uni
forms, to have a reserve that may b
drilled, disciplined, and prepared to keel
the present organizations fully up to the
maximum required by law, Gen. Nanc,
expresses the opinion that the troops o
this state need regimental camps for on,
or two years. The improvement of tn
state camp grounds at Camp Lincoln ha
been continued, he says, since the en-
cam pment ended.